shutout
noun/ˈʃʌtˌaʊt/
Etymology Deverbal from shut out.
1
Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
- A shutout is a reverse strike: the union complained and the workers wanted to work, but management was opposed.
2
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
- The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout.
- Synonyms
- zilch
- Derived terms
- SO
- Related terms
- clean sheet, shutdown, shutoff